The property tax measure might repeal a 7-percent cut set to expire at the end of June, and the hotel tax increase would bring the rate per room to 5.875 percent.
City Council speaker Christine C. Quinn said that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposal to overhaul the city’s senior centers belongs “in the garbage can.”
Tensions between the City Council speaker and aides to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg are erupting just a week after the Council voted on divisive term-limits legislation.
Leaders of the city’s public housing agency told City Council members on Wednesday that elevator safety was a top priority, but they faced tough questions.
Three City Council members said they would introduce a measure requiring that any revisions to term-limit laws be achieved by a public referendum, not legislation.
The City Council speaker said the body will vote Thursday on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to revise the term limits law so he can seek re-election.
The City Council speaker said the body will vote Thursday on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to revise the term limits law so he can seek reelection.
The City Council speaker said the body will vote Thursday on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to revise the term limits law so he can seek reelection.
City officials are considering an increase in the city’s personal income tax as they confront multibillion-dollar budget gaps in coming years.